2022 agenda Senegal: Macky Sall’s top priorities when he takes over the African Union in February Senegal’s President Macky Sall, who is due to take over the reins of the African Union (AU) in February 2022, will inherit many pressing issues, ... including 'forever-transition' governments, economic recovery and managing the Covid-19 pandemic.
Seesaw Ethiopia: Now is the time to silence the country’s guns Even if there is a military victory for one side, it will be a loss for the country. ...
Tigray woes Ethiopia: A regressive vision spells the end of the republic As centralising elites double down on war efforts to subjugate Tigray and reconfigure the federation, an all-inclusive dialogue appears to be ... the only way out
Ethiopia: UN Commission is a Victory for the Cause of Justice and Accountability The resolution passed by the UN Human Rights Council establishing an International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia on 17 December ... will go a long way towards securing justice for the victims of the genocidal war on Tigray by holding the perpetrators accountable.
un-diplomacy Ethiopia: The West’s Flawed Policy on the Tigray Conflict The support of the United States for the TPLF has long perplexed most Ethiopians. ...
On the war front Ethiopia’s Amhara: ‘War has no use at all, but to free my family […] the only option is to join the front line.’ Sitting opposite a bomb-damaged building with shattered windows, three friends in their mid-20s were sharing lunch at a small café in Nefas ... Machew, a town in Ethiopia’s Amhara Region, one afternoon this December. They had just completed several weeks of training after signing up as militia to fight the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) rebel group. The next day, they were due head to the front and into battle for the first time.
Development Aid US picks Zambia for massive MCC grant, suspends Ethiopia The Joe Biden administration is rewarding Zambia’s good governance and peaceful transition of power with hundreds of millions of dollars in ... potential development grant money while penalising Benin and Ethiopia for their democratic backsliding.
no peacekeeping Ethiopia: The UN is failing its Tigrayan peacekeeping troops There has been little to no action taken to address the Ethiopian government's ethnically-based expulsion and arrest of Tigrayan ... peacekeepers.
caught in the crossfire Ethiopia: Tigray rebels recapture world heritage site Lalibela Eleven days after the federal government said they had retaken control of the historic town of Lalibela, witness accounts say the Tigrayran rebels ... have regained their hold of the area.
China-Ethiopia Ethiopia: Chinese foreign minister’s visit shows Beijing’s support for Abiy Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made a bold diplomatic statement with a previously unannounced visit to Ethiopia. The trip was seemingly intended ... to send a strong message of support to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and, at the same time, rebuke mounting Western pressure against Addis Ababa.